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School and university walkouts oppose the Iraq invasion
📅 20 March 2003As the invasion began, students and school pupils walked out, held teach-ins and staged sit-ins in cities across Britain. Their actions made war a question for young people whose futures were being...
First major demonstrations against the CPE youth employment contract
📅 7 February 2006Students, school pupils and trade unions began coordinated demonstrations against the proposed Contrat première embauche (CPE), a fixed-term employment contract for young people under 26 that would...
Mass national mobilization against the CPE
📅 28 March 2006A further national protest day brought students, school pupils and workers into demonstrations and strikes against the CPE. University blockades and general assemblies made students active political...
Government withdraws the CPE after weeks of protest
📅 10 April 2006Following weeks of student occupations, strikes and mass demonstrations, the government announced that the CPE would be replaced. The campaign showed how a coalition of young people, unions and school...
The Onda student movement mobilizes against education cuts
📅 30 October 2008Students, teachers and school communities demonstrated nationally against the Gelmini education reforms and funding cuts. The “Onda” (Wave) movement used occupations, assemblies, marches and...
Education protests mark a nationwide day of action
📅 17 June 2009Students took to the streets in many German cities during the Bildungsstreik, demanding better-funded public education and a voice in decisions affecting schools and universities. The strike...
Students march against tuition-fee increases and education cuts
📅 10 November 2010Students from across Britain marched in London against plans to raise tuition fees and reduce public funding. Protesters challenged the marketization of education and the burden of debt, while local...
Labor-law protest and first Nuit Debout assembly
📅 31 March 2016A nationwide day of protest opposed the proposed El Khomri labor law, which critics said shifted bargaining power toward employers and weakened protections. That evening, participants occupied Place...
Students protest unpaid internships and school-to-work schemes
📅 18 February 2022Tens of thousands of students marched in more than 40 cities after the deaths of Lorenzo Parelli and Giuseppe Lenoci during work placements. Protesters demanded an end to compulsory unpaid internships...
Students march against higher tuition and stricter graduation rules
📅 16 September 2026Thousands of higher-education students marched from Brussels Central Station to the Wallonia-Brussels Federation government, opposing higher fees and tighter academic progression rules. Student groups...
Education unions back student mobilization and denounce repression
📅 1 October 2026Solidaires calls on its members to join the student mobilization and frames school conditions as a public-service issue affecting students and staff together. The union describes police violence and...
Greta Thunberg visits a student blockade in Saint-Denis
📅 13 October 2026Greta Thunberg visits students at Lycée Paul-Éluard in Saint-Denis during “Act V,” expressing solidarity with the youth mobilization. Demonstrators in other cities also link school resources to...
Students at grandes écoles join the school protest movement
📅 14 October 2026Students at elite higher-education institutions join actions begun by high-school students. Their stated concerns include public-service funding, education costs, precarious academic work and...
Demonstrations return nationwide amid protest restrictions
📅 24 October 2026Further demonstrations take place across France amid heavy policing and bans in some cities. The CGT reports nearly 800,000 participants; Reuters reports an Interior Ministry estimate of 410,000....
French students reject concessions and continue protests
📅 26 October 2026On 26 October, student representatives said the government’s education package did not meet their demands and vowed to continue mobilizing. The movement has widened from grievances over admissions and...